Democrats shaken and angered by Brazile book

Donna Brazile’s forthcoming memoir triggered renewed recriminations at the highest ranks of the Democratic Party this weekend over the topic that just won’t die: 2016.

The latest bombshell from the book came Saturday in a reportthat the former interim Democratic National Committee chair seriously considered replacing Hillary Clinton on the ticket with Vice President Joe Biden after Clinton collapsed at a 9/11 memorial service. Brazile also describes the Clinton campaign as badly mismanaged and spiritless, according to a copy of the memoir that The Washington Post acquired early.

That came on the heels of an excerpt published by POLITICO Magazineabout how Brazile said she discovered the Clinton campaign had essentially rigged the DNC — if not the primary itself — in Clinton’s favor long before she became the nominee, apparently confirming the worst suspicions of Bernie Sanders’ campaign.

"The timing couldn't have been worse. It does us no good to hash out all this stuff. At this point, we should be looking to the future — what's done is done," said former DNC chairman and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, pointing to the financial arrangement at the center of Brazile's account. "There was no crime committed, but it would've been easy to avoid. [So] I don't think it was rigged, I think what the DNC did was just awful."

"But we should stop talking about it; it's passed. We can't adjudicate it now, let's focus on the elections Tuesday and on going forward," Rendell added. "There can't be any positive that comes from it."